Wow what a weekend... I have so much to say! Last Friday was spectacular... I did all of my rat killin' early so I could take Dade to see Spiderman.
We went to the Marq*E complex, got our tix and had dinner at Red Robin. Then we went down to the Putting Edge and played blacklight putt putt, be sure to click on the photo album. It was very cool, everything is black and accented with flourescent colors, the putting surface was black and it made the ball look like it was floating. All of the rooms had themes as well, so in one room you were in a castle and in the next underwater walking into a sharks mouth.
After that we went over to Jillians and Dade got to go bowling for the first time. The lanes there are pretty cool, when Dade's turn would come up the bumpers would come up then my turn would come and they would go down. Well it sorta worked, they broke and in the end they just stayed up. It was very much fun though. After that we went downstairs and played Skeeball and he beat me in Air Hockey.
After that Angie showed up and we went to the movie. The lines were very long but we got good seats. As sson as we sat down Dade spilled almost all of his popcorn so I had to make a mad dash for some more. The movie rocked! I liked it alot, it reminded me of the way I felt about the first Batman movie. Dade got a bit bored with it but he made through... that was Friday.
Saturday we woke up bright and early! Saturday was the day one of scuba open water testing. We passed the written tests on Thursday so we had two days open waters and we would be certified. We had to be at the Blue Lagoon in Huntsville at 8:30 so we left early. Once there we were the first buddy team to go out and get tested. I had incidences. First I dropped my mask in about 10 feet of water. Luckily I recovered it, then I found out what it was like to choke underwater... interesting, next my tank fell out of my BC while gettign ready to buddy breathe! FUN FUN FUN, next during the fun dive my mask came off in my hand, damn it! Finally I backed into a big 'ol pine tree trying to get out of someones way. Oh yeah and I got a killer sunburn.
Day 2... I was determined to have no incidents on Sunday but, before we even made it to Huntsville, DPS pulled me over. Damn... well I pulled right over and was cordial and told him I was speeding and I knew it and I was late and that was why I was hurrying. He gave me a warning... second time in a row that has happened. Anyway that was my only incident that day(other than sunburn pain)... Angie I both passed our certs and are now SSI certified for recreational open water diving!
